I would very surprised if this were to ever occur again but one common theme I am seeing is whether you are more of a Solo Alice fan like I am than the original band (as great as they are) or vice versa, many fans have grown tired of the Ezrin garage band formula. Some of the material is good but yo...

Prometheus77 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:34 pm

72. Starting in 2000. Including 16 Hollywood Vampires shows.

Wow, that is a really impressive number of Hollywood Vampires shows in a relatively short time (When you consider number of shows they have done etc). You must really like them.

I’ve been looking back on chart performance since ACG times. Yes, I know they aren’t reliable etc but they do measure to some degree and you can certainly get trends from them. Also had a look at the size of venues he plays and there seems to be a big difference between the US & Canada and Europe n...

It’s difficult to answer this as there are so many variables. One thing that’s certain though is that nearly all acts are working on increased costs of 20% - 30% or more to tour since Covid so, unless they can simply increase the ticket price to compensate, they have needed to change how they manag...

Mr. Misdemeanor wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 20, 2023 3:22 pm

I know animated gifs are passé these days, but I still like making them. Here are three of Calico from the Solitary Rave video:

https://imgur.com/dRDe8Pu

https://imgur.com/EYxhduL

https://imgur.com/umWgwRL

Very cool!

You can't hide a bad album these days. In the past an artist could have a terrible album and still sell millions of copies because of one great single. You cant do that now because the fans can listen to an album on Youtube or wherever before forking over their cash. So who is going to pre-order an...

Why no songs from the new album? I saw some comments from Nita on her fb account that they would definitely do songs from Road Live but we’re still waiting. I suspect one or two may be thrown in when he is back to doing solo shows in October but with the album unfortunately not doing well, that may...

Welcome to the show would be a good opener, better than lock me up.. I definitely respect your opinion but have to disagree. Lock Me Up is a great opener. The bigger issue is he is only doing about a snippet of it. Welcome To The Show would be fine for the second song but I love that he is opening ...

Shep, Alice and Ezrin finance everything from the tours to the albums. They invest where they will get the best return which is the live shows. You can produce an album for next to nothing these days. I'd bet most if the recording for this album and likely the last few was done remotely with Erin c...

Looks like it’s not even in the top 200 anymore. Which is really sad since some of the stuff that made the charts are Journey’s Greatest Hits, a Queen release and an Elvis release. WTF ? Unfortunately there is just no way to put a positive spin on this one, the album bombed. The last 3 or 4 albums ...

What is interesting about this album is the short 3 minute songs almost make it feel like a radio record. Back when people actually bought music and an artist was hoping to get some serious radio airplay, they would try to include some 3 minute commercial songs with the hopes of getting airplay. Tha...

One of my favorite bands in recent years. I love all three albums. Yes there is somewhat of a Rob Zombie vibe in a lot of the songs and presentation but there is also shades of the Ramones and Motorhead in there as well and also some modern sounds as well. They signed a new deal a while back and a n...

Reading comprehension is our friend. What I said was Child would be more likely to go with a modern sound. Huge difference and there is a much smaller body of work as well with Child working with Alice. And I haven't bashed the original band. Like that era but I like most other eras as well and some...

When Hell Comes Home is a very good tune but it is actually the only original band tune in the last 20 years that I think is a really really strong track, the others not nearly as much and there are several songs in the last 20 years that I like better that it is a good one. I am not sure that the D...

We still have Sunrise Records, who has a mediocre presence, but their ability to get new releases is pretty limited. Sunrise Records usually puts out four or five copies of a new album, but I went to buy Road and it was the only copy in the store. I commented to the clerk that I got the last one bu...

You know what is interesting and I don't what it means but it didn't chart well here in the United States but it seems it didn't chart at all in Canada and usually his chart numbers are good in Canada. In other words, it didn't do well in North America. This is just my own theory but to me what may ...

Hard pass on all the guest musicians and song writers. That’s been a sore point with me. Like it or hate it Road seems more focused and the band is solid. Solid enough that most can’t distinguish some guest guitarist from a band number. As for the next album I’m pretty sure it’s with the original b...

Wow, those numbers are disappointing to say the least. Based on what was happening Worldwide, I figured the new album was going to come in slightly under that of Detroit Stories but not by much. It is hard to say because the industry has changed so much, but I am assuming (and someone correct me if ...

Really hoping this co-headline cac is done by the time he returns next year. sick of paying for a ticket and getting a cut-down run time so another band i don't want to see gets to play. I used to begrudge having to sit through support acts, then it suddenly became two support acts, and now in some...

I do think and this isn't aimed at Alice or the new album but just a general comment. I think many artists struggle with being at a creative peak after they have put out a ton of albums and have gotten older. Every now and then they will strike gold and put out something amazing. Don't get me wrong,...